Water and slop carrier.



F. J. HOPER.

WATER AND SLOP CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1912.

1,051,1 10. Patented Jan.21, 1913.

gnwnioz FRANK J; HOFER, 0F DIETERICH, ILLINOIS.

WATER AND SLOP CARRIIIJR.

Application filed May 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Jan. 1 M513.

1912. Seriai No, 695,714.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. Horse, 91H zen of the United States,residing at Dleterich, in the county of Efiingham and State of Illinois;have invented certagin new and useful Improvements in VVatei' and Slop.Carriers, ,of which the following is a spoolfication.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in water and slopcarriers, and the object of my invention is to provide a carrier mountedupon wheels and capable of supporting one or more pails or buckets.

A. further object of my invention is to provide means fornormallymaintaining the floor or platform of the carrier in horizontal positionwhen the carrier at rest, said means consisting of a foot capable of"H'iiin'g swung into engagement with the o ground.

A further object of my inventionis to provides cover which isswingingly' mounted upon the frame of the carrier and adapted to beswung over and clamped upon the upper ends of the pails supported uponthe 'platform to prevent their disengagement from the platform and theslopping of the water or other contents from the pails. And a stillfurther object of my invention is to provide means for locking the coverin operative posit-ion, said means being adapt'ed and arranged to swingthe supporting foot into imperative position upon the locking ofthecover.

With these'and other objectsin view, my invention will be more fullydescrihed,-illus trated in the accompanying drawing and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and formapart of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved watenor slopcarrier; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical section, showing the relativeposition of the supporting foot and locking lever.

' Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

The preferred embodiment of my invention includes a floor or platformmade of any material and of any size, butrpreferablyformed of wood andincluding a substantially rectangular shaped frame 10 and a plurality oflongitudinally extending slats ll extending between the end members ofthe frame and forming the floor. As shmrn. these slats are spaced *psrt"and are also spaced below the co portion of the frame, whereby the in meextends above-the floor to provide a marginal flange or wall.

Extending vertically upward from the rear endportions of the frame. ereiangers 12 including standard f directed arms 1%. Br at their lower endsto t tions of the platform and e and upwardly, being to ards 13 and arms1"} to iii-ni hangers thereby formed. The these braces, as shown, extenda t distance beyond the hang nected. by a bar 16 forming the h m.carrier.

connected Secured in. the spaces ljaetuecn the hangers trally with aforwardly directed pin 21 and is notchedat one end as shown at The coverincludes a substantialiy gular body member 23, preferably for wood linedwith heavy canvas or rubber 24 and supported upon the forward portion ofa-substantially rectangular shaped frame 25,

the rear portion of which extendscheyond 1-;

the body member of the cover. The side members 26 of this frame areperforated adjacent their rear ends to receive a rod 27' which is passedthrough the perforations f the side members and through corresp lengthof the hanger arms 14.

tween the hangers and may be swung into parallel spaced relation to thefloor or platform or swung upwardly untii its rear portion engagesagainst the rear face of the axle when further upward swinging isprevented.

The central portions of the front and rear.

members of the frame 10, as well as the eentral portionsof the slatsl1,are perforated ing perforations formed int(er-mediate-thev Bye-hismeans, the cover is swingingly piounted-;1be-' into operative to receivea rod or shaft 28 upon the forward end of which is mounted an arcuatearm 29, the free end of which is shaped to provide a foot 30 forengagement with the ground when the shaft is turned in one direction.This arm 29 is so proportioned as to co-act with the wheels when inlowered position to support the carrier horizontally. Secured by one endto the opposite end of the shaft 28, is a hand lever 31 which may heformed of wood or metal preferred and which extends upwardly andrearwardly to bear between its ends against the forward face of thebrace bar 20. This lever is preferably somewhat resilient in order thatit may seat in the' notch 22 when swung to that end'of the carrier. Theupper porlion of the lever is reduced or cut-away to forma shoulder 32which, in vertical position of the lever,

25 to liold the same in lowered position, this shoulder being soproportioned that when the lever is seated in the notch 22, the framewillbe released and the cover may be raised. The arms 29 and lever 31are so set upon the opposite ends of the shaft 28 that the foot 30 isheld in inoperative position when thelever is looking the cover inoperative position, while the foot engages with the ground when thelever is swung out of operative position into the notch 22.

As previously stated, the floor or platform of the carrier may be madein any size desired and the-cover will, of course, correspondsubstantially in size to "the floor. In practice, I have preferred toconstruct the floor in such a manner as to provide for the support of apair of pails or buckets which are held against disengagement from thefloor by the upwardly directed edges of the frame 10.

The hanger; 12 are so proportioned that when the Fails or buckets arepositioned upon the iilwrand the cover lowered upon the same. the coverwill extend parallel to the floor and will be clamped in closeengagement upon the open upper ends of the buckets by the engagement ofthe shoulder 32 of the lever beneath the rear member of the frame 25 ofthe cover. The cover will therefogeasist in preventing the displacementof the buckets and will also effectually close the same to prevent anyslopping of the contents.

In operation. the lever is swung to seat in the notoli gg2, therebyswinging the foot 30 positiont'o support the carrier. The pails orbuckets are then positioned upon the platform. and the cover loweredinto position. The operator then grasps the bar'or handle 16 with onehand and with the other swings the lever 31 to clamp the cover inengagement with the pails and to swingthe foot out of engageengagesbeneath the lower face of the rear member of the cover frame ment withthe ground,'the movement of the lever being limited by the pin 21.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided asimple and effective form of water carrier in which the pails are firmlyheld in place and covered to prevent their contents from slopping'outduring transportation.

It will further be apparent that I have provided means for normally andstably supporting the platform when not in use, said supporting meansbeing so arranged that the clamping of the cover in operative positionwill swing the, support into inoperative position to permit the movementof the carrier.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A water carrier including a wheeled frame, a platform supported bysaid frame and having an upwardly extending mar 'ginal retaining wall, acover hinged upon the frame and having a downwardly depending marginalretaining wall, said cover being adaptedto swing into parallel relationto the platform with the free edge of its retaining wall spaced abovethe free edge of the retaining wall of the platform, and means forlocking the cover in position.

2. A water carrier including a wheeled platform, a movable foot forholding the platform against swinging movement, a hinged cover, andmeans for simultaneously swinging the foot into inoperative position andlocking he co .'er in operative position. 3. A water carrier including awheeled. platform, a hinged co er movable into parallel spaced relationto the platform, a movable foot for normally holding the platformagainst movement, means for locking the cover in operative position, andmeans operated by said last mentioned means for swinging the foot intoinoperative position. 4.-A water carrier including a wheeled platform, ahinged cover movable into parallel spaced relation to the platform, amovable foot for normally holding the platform against movement, a leverfor locking the cover in operative position, and means operable by saidlever for swinging the foot out of operative position.

5 A water carrier includin a wheeled platform, a hinged cover mova 1einto parallel spaced relation to the platform, a foot for normallysupporting the platform, a lever for normally locking the cover inposition, and means operable by the movement of the lever toinoperativeposition to move the foot into operative position.

6. A water carrier including a platform. hangers carried by the rear endportions of the platform, diagonally extending braces secured to theends of the platform and to a the hangers, transverse bars connectingsaid braces, an axle carried by the hangers, bearin wheels carried bvsaid ax1e, a cover swingingly mounted between the hangers, and means forlocking the cover in operative position. i v

T. A water carrier including a platform, hangers carried by the rear endportions of the platform, braces diagonally connecting the ends of theplatform and hangers, transversely extending bars connecting saidbraces, one of said bars forming a handle, an axle carried by saidhangers, bearing wheels carried by said axle, a cover swingingly mountedbetween the hangers and movable into position over the platform and withits rear end in parallel spaced relation with one of the transversebraces. a shaft the rear end of the cover and the adjzfeerflbrace, saidhand lever being provided with a shoulder for clamping engagement withthe cover and said brace being provided with a stop pin for limiting themovement of the lever.

In testimon whereof I affix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

FRANK J. HOFER. [1,. 8.] Witnesses:

' H. L. FIELD,

W. J. MIKEWORTH.

